Geographia uniuersalis : uetus et noua, complectens Claudii Ptoloemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII
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Geographia uniuersalis : uetus et noua, complectens Claudii Ptoloemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII
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- Ptolemy, active 2nd century; Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552, editor; Pirckheimer, Willibald, 1470-1530, translator; Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579, printer
- Publication date
- 1540
- Topics
- Geography
- Publisher
- Basileae : Apud Henricum Petrum
- Collection
- bostonpubliclibrary; americana
- Digitizing sponsor
- Boston Public Library
- Contributor
- Boston Public Library
- Language
- Latin
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Wilberforce, E. A list of editions of Ptolemy's Geography, 1475-1730
"A new and important edition, revised and edited by the geographer Sebastian Munster, who designed the maps anew, and added an appendix ... The 48 double-page woodcut maps, sometimes colored, are accompanied by descriptions printed on the first leaf of each, within ornamental borders designed in Holbein's style ..."--Wilberforce
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in modern brown morocco and papier tourniquet. The title is stamped in gilt on the spine. The bookplate of the BPL Charlotte Harris Fund is present on the front pastedown. An early inscription, reading, "Lichtervelde" is present on the title page, as is the perforation stamp of the Library. "PTOLE" is inscribed on the fore-edge in an early hand. The maps are tipped-onto stubs made of medieval manuscript waste
"A new and important edition, revised and edited by the geographer Sebastian Munster, who designed the maps anew, and added an appendix ... The 48 double-page woodcut maps, sometimes colored, are accompanied by descriptions printed on the first leaf of each, within ornamental borders designed in Holbein's style ..."--Wilberforce
Wilberforce, E. A list of editions of Ptolemy's Geography, 1475-1730
"A new and important edition, revised and edited by the geographer Sebastian Munster, who designed the maps anew, and added an appendix ... The 48 double-page woodcut maps, sometimes colored, are accompanied by descriptions printed on the first leaf of each, within ornamental borders designed in Holbein's style ..."--Wilberforce
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in modern brown morocco and papier tourniquet. The title is stamped in gilt on the spine. The bookplate of the BPL Charlotte Harris Fund is present on the front pastedown. An early inscription, reading, "Lichtervelde" is present on the title page, as is the perforation stamp of the Library. "PTOLE" is inscribed on the fore-edge in an early hand. The maps are tipped-onto stubs made of medieval manuscript waste
"A new and important edition, revised and edited by the geographer Sebastian Munster, who designed the maps anew, and added an appendix ... The 48 double-page woodcut maps, sometimes colored, are accompanied by descriptions printed on the first leaf of each, within ornamental borders designed in Holbein's style ..."--Wilberforce
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- Addeddate
- 2015-08-27 19:25:09.747668
- Associated-names
- Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552, editor; Pirckheimer, Willibald, 1470-1530, translator; Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579, printer
- Bookplateleaf
- 0006
- Call number
- BRLL
- Camera
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- geographiauniuer00ptol
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t4jm5wn7m
- Invoice
- 8
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 11.0
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL25764802M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL17193073W
- Page-progression
- lr
- Pages
- 458
- Ppi
- 350
- References
- Wilberforce, E. A list of editions of Ptolemy's Geography, 1475-1730, page 19
- Scandate
- 20150902204107
- Scanner
- scribe9.boston.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- boston
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 71000961
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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